Dec 7, 2007 / 09:42 am
A Catholic school board in Ontario is under fire for approving Philip Pullman’s "His Dark Materials" trilogy for its school libraries.
Though other Catholic school boards have pulled the atheistic fantasy trilogy from their libraries’ shelves, the Waterloo Catholic District School Board told the press the books would remain in circulation.
"The book is very definitely anti-authoritarian but in terms of how it's presented, it's a fantasy world with a fictionalized church that in no way resembles the one in which we live, even though [Pullman] borrows a couple of terms," said Jonathan Wright, religion and family life consultant for the board, speaking to the local newspaper The Record.
Author Pullman has been clear about the aim of his books. He is reported to have said "I'm trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief," and "my books are about killing God"